The Night Before Christmas

Clement Moore

Dec 2020 · Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing · Narrated by Trevor O'Hare

About this audiobook

Clement Clarke Moore (1779–1863) was a professor of literature and theology, and the author of the famous poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” which later became known as the famous “Twas the Night Before Christmas.” The poem was first published anonymously but was later attributed to Moore. Moore’s text greatly contributed to the modern-day Santa Claus story.

Children will love this beautifully illustrated version of the classic Christmas poem, “The Night Before Christmas.” 

As St. Nick and eight tiny reindeer descend through a brilliant night sky, the famous Christmas poem begins. St. Nick, inside the house, is unaware, until the toys spill down onto the lawn -- then he turns with a jerk, and sees them. Antique toys and exquisite ornaments frame the borders, in which the father, St.Nick, or the family cat and dog can be found watching the action. 

The Christmas stories of the famous authors: Gilbert Keith Chesterton - A Christmas Carol, Lucy Maud Montgomery - A Christmas Inspiration, A Christmas Mistake, Christmas at Red Butte, Lyman Frank Baum -A Kidnapped Santa Claus, Mark Twain - A Letter from Santa Claus, Louisa May Alcott - A Merry Christmas, Leo Tolstoy - A Russian Christmas Party, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Christmas Bells, Nikolai Gogol - Christmas Eve, William Dean Howells - Christmas Everyday, Joseph Rudyard Kipling - Christmas in India, Lyman Frank Baum - Little Bun Rabbit, Elizabeth Harrison - Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe, John Milton - On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity, Charles Dickens - The Chimes, Nathaniel Hawthorne -The Christmas Banquet, Hans Christian Andersen - The Fir Tree, Selma Lagerlöf - The Holy Night, Hans Christian Andersen - The Little Match Girl, Clement Moore - The Night Before Christmas, Henry van Dyke - The Other Wise Man, William Dean Howells - The Pony Engine and the Pacific Express, Beatrix Potter - The Tailor of Gloucester, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - The Three Kings, Anton Chehov - Vanka. 

Ratings and reviews

I thought the reading was very unemotional. You could tell he was just reading it with his drab voice instead of actually feeling it. I've heard others read this with feeling and a cheerful tone. It felt like he couldn't care less. No inflection in his voice from line to line...very boring. This amazing story from the wonderful Clement Moore should be read with the Christmas spirit of Santa himself! With good cheer and a forever magical spirit that lives within us at Christmas. It should be read with a tear in your eye and a forever magical feeling!

Maybe if you're not English the American accent is easier to understand... but to a native English speaker this narrator sounds utterly bland and lacking inflection.

I like xmas